If a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn't
love you first?
No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married
only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from
Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is
committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with
the director after cracking an impossible case.
Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and
ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world's toughest
criminals, and he is one of the best the bureau has to offer. Though, as
many lives as he's saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger
brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a
basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want
a conviction. Travis' only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a
deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis
into the FBI.
Liis is stubborn and defiant yet somehow softens Thomas' rough edges,
making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as
a couple, they must travel to Travis and Abby's beach vow renewal and
give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself
wondering if they were pretending at all.In the second installment of
the Maddox Brothers books, experience firsthand the mysterious world of
the elusive Thomas Maddox and how good love can be when you're not the
first but the last.